Gilchrist Blue Spring
Gilchrist Blue Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Underwood Hill stands 55 m to the east, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Blue Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE passes 25 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Blue Spring: 0.1 mi
- Naked Spring: 0.1 mi
- Johnson Spring: 0.2 mi
- Rum Island Spring: 0.3 mi
- Fallen Trees Spring - Gil101971: 0.3 mi
- Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park: 0.1 mi
- Rum Island Park: 0.3 mi
- The Santa Fe River Park: 4.1 mi
- Playground: 4.3 mi
- McCall Park: 4.4 mi
- Gichrist Blue Springs State Park: 0.8 mi
- Camp Kulaqua Conservation Easement: 5.2 mi
- Bell Ridge Longleaf Wildlife and Environmental Area: 5.7 mi
- Circle Pine Farm Agricultural and Conservation Easement: 6.3 mi
- Loncala, Inc. Conservation Easement #1: 6.6 mi
- shipwreck: 17.1 mi
- Medal of Honor: 21.5 mi
- Vombat Wounded Veterans: 21.5 mi
- They Serve to Protect Us: 21.5 mi
- Peace Time Soldier Always at War: 21.6 mi
- 34th Street Wall: 22.6 mi
- Artistic Ball: 22.6 mi
- Alpha Gator Statue: 23.4 mi
- Lion Statue: 23.4 mi
- Albert & Alberta: 23.5 mi
- Kanapaha Botanical Gardens: 22.3 mi
- Field & Fork Farm and Gardens: 23.1 mi
- Bat House Gardens: 23.1 mi
- Ficke Gardens: 23.2 mi
- University Gardens: 23.3 mi
- Naked Ed: 1.3 mi
- Trenton Train Station: 16.9 mi
- The Gainesville Solar Walk: 22.1 mi
- Lake City Weather dot Com: 22.9 mi
- Bat House: 23.1 mi
- High Springs Museum: 5.1 mi
- Archer Historical Society Railroad Museum: 22.8 mi
- Florida Museum of Natural History: 23.0 mi
- The Fred Bear Archery Museum: 23.5 mi
- Heritage Hall: 23.5 mi
- Underwood Hill: 7.3 mi
- Spring Hill: 9.0 mi
- 38th Street Park Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Oak Canopy Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- McMillan Bluff: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gilchrist Blue Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood Hill | E 91° | 55 m | 7.3 mi |
| Spring Hill | E 89° | 43 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:00 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 17:00 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 70 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — High Springs, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Apr, Aug–Oct — fullest in Sep, leanest in Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,325 | 1,506 | 1,702 | 1,602 | 1,309 | 1,255 | 1,373 | 1,618 | 1,874 | 1,674 | 1,302 | 1,224 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Santa FE River Near Fort White, Fla., 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Redbreast Sunfish52 obs
- Spotted Sunfish51 obs
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper46 obs
- Smoky Rubyspot43 obs
- Southern Toad37 obs
- Bluegill35 obs
- Blue-ringed Dancer33 obs
- Florida Bass32 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3143295385
Day trips start here
- Lake City · 25 mi
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